Turns out that game against the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 1 and his adjustment leading up to it helped turn around the Sharks and Askarov's season. Three days after he allowed four goals in 14 shots in a loss to the Los Angeles Kings, Askarov stymied the dangerous Avalanche on Nov. 1 by making 36 saves to help the Sharks pull out a 3-2 win on Philipp Kurashev's overtime goal.
November has been a month of transformation for New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin, and maybe the month that rewrites his entire season and that of his team. After a rocky start that had Islanders fans uneasy, Sorokin has flipped the narrative and reasserted himself as one of the NHL's premier goaltenders.
Before Tuesday night, through the first three games of Toronto's season, Matthews had a total of 17 shots on goal and a wild 30 shot attempts. Thirty times the centerman threw the puck towards the net to try and get a goal and just once, with the net empty, he was able to actually put the puck over the goal line during those three contests.